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"Bam Bam" is a 1982 song by Jamaican dancehall recording artist Sister Nancy. The song's chorus was inspired by the 1966 song of the same name, by The Maytals and Byron Lee and the Dragonaires. [1] The song's instrumental samples the 1974 song "Stalag 17", by Ansell Collins, a well known riddim, alternatively known as a backing track used ...
Upon its original release, "Bam Bam" never fully caught-on as a hit in Jamaica, but has been a fixture in other genres of music ever since. While the song was originally recorded in 1966 by Toots and the Maytals, it is Sister Nancy's version that is so often sampled in various genres. R.
With Lee, the Maytals won the first-ever Jamaican Independence Festival Popular Song Competition in 1966 with their original song "Bam Bam". "Bam Bam" was later covered in a Dancehall style by Sister Nancy and also by Yellowman in 1982, but Toots and the Maytals were not credited or issued royalties for use of the song by either artist.
"Murder She Wrote" is a song by Jamaican reggae duo Chaka Demus & Pliers, from their 1993 album Tease Me. It was first released as a single in 1992 and again in late 1993 by Mango and Taxi Records, reaching number 27 on the UK Singles Chart in early 1994, [3] and number 57 on the US Billboard Hot 100, spending 17 weeks there.
The lead single from Level Up was Shake Your Bam Bam, an interpretation of Sister Nancy's classic reggae hit song 'Bam Bam'. The duo has since split in 2020 amidst a very public feud between both Renegade (now known as Renigad) and Delomar over various issues including their perception and image as dancehall artistes, song crediting, and ...
The song's title references a sample of "Bam Bam" by Jamaican musician Sister Nancy, who described her participation on the track as "a blessing."[3] [4]The song's hook, sung by Damian Marley, is an interpolation of the 1976 song "Tenement Yard'' by Jacob Miller and Inner Circle, with Marley singing "Gangsta cant live inna tenement yard" in place of the original "Dreadlocks cant live inna ...
Everton Bonner (born 4 April 1963), better known as Pliers, is a Jamaican reggae singer best known for his collaborations with deejay Chaka Demus under the name Chaka Demus & Pliers. He is one of the Bonner brothers, all of whom are reggae artists, including Richie Spice and Spanner Banner .
"What A Bam Bam" is a song recorded by Dominican-American singer Amara La Negra. It was released as a single on February 20, 2018, by Fast Life Entertainment Worldwide and BMG. [3] The song was produced by DJ Mostwanted [4] and features a sample by the reggae song "Bam Bam" by Sister Nancy. [1]